Most of these are first few outside what I normally listen to, which is what I love about music video TV back in the day. It was all the trendiest music getting shoved down your throat, and you would watch it just for the spectacle of the video. And you know, after a while some of it grows on you.
Pearl Jam "Do the Evolution"
Whenever I hear this song on its own, I don't even like it, but with this video it blows my mind. The song is just scratchy and weird and it sucks, but when you put this angry hippy's nightmare behind it they mesh diabolically well.
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
Once again, a song that doesn't thrill me on its own. It sounds kind of sloppily produced and I find the Beastie Boys vaguely ridiculous. But this video, man... It takes this perfect 1970s cop fantasy and brings out everything ridiculous about it. Its deliberately shittily produced and has these great sequences of white guys with afros and aviator sunglasses clambering over random obstacles. It makes me feel just silly enough to love the Beastie Boys for 5 minutes.
Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight"
I won't say too much about this one. Don't like this song at all. But I still have dreams about the video (which I see on TV about twice a decade, tops).
These next few are videos that filled me with frustrated adolescent lust in those first few golden years of puberty. Its normal to be nostalgic about that, right?
Christina Aguilera "Come On Over, Baby"
In the 8th grade, this video gave me a kind of a boner I had never experienced before. There were weekends when I would just sit at home watching The Box (if anyone remembers The Box) all night waiting for this to come on, and when it did it was always worth it. It had all these different sets with ridiculous color schemes, and for each she had a matching outfit. They were all sexy, in a way that was (to an 8th grader) marvelously overpowering.
Notice that I include no videos in which I think Britney Spears is sexy, because I could always sense that that ho is crazy. I only include this remark because at the time, she and Christina were competitors. I want people to know what side I am on.
Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants"
In this video, Christina Aguilera pulls off the aggressively flirtatious routine spectacularly. So you know, its great right there, but thats not all. The video has these changes in mood that really play with your emotions, and it really enhances the effect. It starts out shitty and poppy, and you're like (imagine again that you're in 8th grade)
"this chick man, shes hot, but her hotness might be too ditsy."
So at this point you're profoundly torn.? Then in the end it goes all R & B and you say
"oh yeah, shes sexy for feal. M! MMM!"
Its the tease that makes it great.
Mariah Carey "Fantasy"
I will admit to you that I have a secret crush on Mariah Carey, but that is a terrible shameful secret which will have to remain between you and me. Its just so great to see some titties in Hollywood. Specific to this video, her body looks so sexy and she still holds on to that girl next door feel, which is an amazing combination. There are a couple other Mariah Carey videos I would put on here, but I am already too embarassed.
Arlight, now for some stuff I might normally listen to.
Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
Love the song, love the video. The images are so trippy and vaguely terrifying, and the music just has a dark malaise to it. Its like being depressed in another dimension. Timeless classic.
Juvenile "I Got That Fire"
First of all, I had to include some classic Cash Money from The Box, for those of you that are down with that. Shots of people throwing money in the air, cruising around in ridiculous SUVs, and (of course) lots of random shots of people in white tees rapping. Second, you have to love Juvenile's crazy ghetto Louisiana accent "I got somethin foo ya." It's almost hypnotic. Finally, we all love the ridiculously explicit lyrics. Also, one of the great ridiculously explicit anti-cunnilingus references in southern rap. More on cunnilingus in rap later.
Mariah Carey "Fantasy"
I will admit to you that I have a secret crush on Mariah Carey, but that is a terrible shameful secret which will have to remain between you and me. Its just so great to see some titties in Hollywood. Specific to this video, her body looks so sexy and she still holds on to that girl next door feel, which is an amazing combination. There are a couple other Mariah Carey videos I would put on here, but I am already too embarassed.
Arlight, now for some stuff I might normally listen to.
Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
Love the song, love the video. The images are so trippy and vaguely terrifying, and the music just has a dark malaise to it. Its like being depressed in another dimension. Timeless classic.
Juvenile "I Got That Fire"
First of all, I had to include some classic Cash Money from The Box, for those of you that are down with that. Shots of people throwing money in the air, cruising around in ridiculous SUVs, and (of course) lots of random shots of people in white tees rapping. Second, you have to love Juvenile's crazy ghetto Louisiana accent "I got somethin foo ya." It's almost hypnotic. Finally, we all love the ridiculously explicit lyrics. Also, one of the great ridiculously explicit anti-cunnilingus references in southern rap. More on cunnilingus in rap later.
Big Tymers "Get Your Roll On"
To a real Cash Money connossieur [sp?], this is the ultimate. First, imagine shots of ridiculous sports cars (which they almost certainly don't really own) doing donuts in a parking lot. The rapping sucks, but its so filthy and ridiculous that you love it! I just can't rave enough.
To be continued
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